My OperaMonth of the Distros - Maybe "Week of the Distros"?
Monday, December 15, 2008 8:12:24 AM
Tech News -
Well, I've started the testing again. BSDs, Solarises, and Linuxes to boast about, to compare and contrast, to write about until my face turns purple. I already have nearly a page and a half of notes, and that's only for four distros. Two of the ones tested are the same distro, just different releases, and the others are two BSD distros. I'm not going to start typing notes on them just yet, I want to do a full write up on everything (yes, I know, I keep changing how I'm doing things, sorry). I can tell you now though, three of them failed epically, and the one which actually has me surprised is a BSD dist. Hmmm, I wonder what other surprises might be instore for the testing ;]
Oh, speaking of BSD, I'd like for everyone who reads this, to read a very important guide to password security:
http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:security
It's from DesktopBSD, and it's really informative. If you don't care about any of the other sections, I feel it safe to say you can skip them, but for passwords, I feel everyone, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Novell, Windows, Mac, whatever you use, it's a good idea to read it and take it to heart. Mostly, it's important for everyone who uses a computer to follow it.
Oh, and for the person who sent me a message, about re-tagging my blog posts, I'm sorry, I do that after every so many posts. I'll try to start tagging them better in the future (this post will be tagged later as well though ;p).
And for the reader and forum poster who asked about CentOS being tested, you should make sure to come back, and read my review of it. I think you might be surprised.
That's really all I have for now.
HappyHacking
PiklesOnFire
Well, I've started the testing again. BSDs, Solarises, and Linuxes to boast about, to compare and contrast, to write about until my face turns purple. I already have nearly a page and a half of notes, and that's only for four distros. Two of the ones tested are the same distro, just different releases, and the others are two BSD distros. I'm not going to start typing notes on them just yet, I want to do a full write up on everything (yes, I know, I keep changing how I'm doing things, sorry). I can tell you now though, three of them failed epically, and the one which actually has me surprised is a BSD dist. Hmmm, I wonder what other surprises might be instore for the testing ;]
Oh, speaking of BSD, I'd like for everyone who reads this, to read a very important guide to password security:
http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:security
It's from DesktopBSD, and it's really informative. If you don't care about any of the other sections, I feel it safe to say you can skip them, but for passwords, I feel everyone, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Novell, Windows, Mac, whatever you use, it's a good idea to read it and take it to heart. Mostly, it's important for everyone who uses a computer to follow it.
Oh, and for the person who sent me a message, about re-tagging my blog posts, I'm sorry, I do that after every so many posts. I'll try to start tagging them better in the future (this post will be tagged later as well though ;p).
And for the reader and forum poster who asked about CentOS being tested, you should make sure to come back, and read my review of it. I think you might be surprised.
That's really all I have for now.
HappyHacking
PiklesOnFire
